Fertiliser use in Saudi Arabia

Farmers in Saudi Arabia used 125.5 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Saudi Arabia, 2024 125.5 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −10.1% 2023: 139.7 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Saudi Arabia (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 137.7 kg per hectare Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 77th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Saudi Arabia over time

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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2024
Period Saudi ArabiaWorld
2024 125.5 kg per hectare –
2023 139.7 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 152.7 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 140.8 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 159.5 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 87.6 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 87.4 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 86.7 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 91.3 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 92.4 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 79.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 82.1 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 88.4 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 80.9 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 68.9 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 65.3 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 73.3 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 110.0 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 103.1 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 94.3 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 111.8 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 106.8 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 101.9 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 106.7 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 107.1 kg per hectare 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.1% from 139.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 79.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +58.8%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Saudi Arabia has the 77th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Saudi Arabia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)